Dear Bros in Christ,

Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
Brothers in Christ, this weekly encouragement is sent and meant to be an encouragement to all and to build up and edify in the Lord Jesus Christ. Oikodome
means "Builder". The Lord has put this on my heart to send out a monthly Iron Man Oikodome {oy-kod-om-ay'} to build up and encourage the men who love
and follow Jesus Christ in their walk with Him.
Hebrews 3:13 "But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness."
PRAYER REQUESTS: If you have any prayer requests please send them and I will send them out to the bros for prayer, if privacy is needed I will send in a
discreet way.

IRON MAN OIKODOME BOX TOP 128

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the
door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. [REVELATION 3:20
NKJV]
REMAIN READY
Bros years ago when I was a masonry contractor and built block and brick buildings. We had
quite a bit of work always going on and I would try to stop by to check each job at least once a
week. I would always let my foremans know the day I was coming and they would always tell
the guys the boss is coming out today My foremans on each job would always say the same
thing, I wish you would come out every day and I would say why? They said the work crews
are very productive; they get a lot more done, wanting to always look good so they dont stop
working for a second because they know you could show up any minute. Needless to say the
foremans loved when I came out because it would help them keep production rolling and keep
all the crew hustling. The workers kept watch and were ready when I came out to see the job
and I was always blessed to see everyone working in a productive orderly fashion not wasting
time or standing around.
I think its a good thing if all of us examine our relationship with Jesus, our walk, our witness;
am I abiding in Him, am I ready if He comes back right now this second am I ready will He be
blessed, will He want to dine with me?
You know the question begs an answer- why was Jesus outside the door knocking? Did the
Laodiceas lock Him out? In the previous verse it says: "As many as I love, I rebuke and
chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent. [Revelation 3:19 NKJV]. Seems they had fallen into
a state of being neither hot nor cold but lukewarm. In the ancient Greek the same word is
used to describe zealous and hot. The Lord is telling them to be hot and repent! Dont be idle
standing around, fooling around in the devils playground I dont believe He means hot in the
same way it is used today, but more in the line of on fire for Jesus- having a zeal and running
with endurance to obtain the prize looking unto Jesus our Author and Finisher of our faith!
You can invite Christ back into your heart and the center of your life- if you have left your first
love. He needs to be on the inside not on the outside. Its easy to look like a Christian but be
real bro are you waiting and watching for Your Master?
"and you yourselves be like men who wait for their master, when he will return from the
wedding, that when he comes and knocks they may open to him immediately.Blessed [are]
those servants whom the master, when he comes, will find watching. Assuredly, I say to you
that he will gird himself and have them sit down [to eat], and will come and serve them.[Luke
12:36-37 NKJV] Yes the Lord wants to come in and sup with us (become one) He cant do that
from the outside-amen!
Agape,
Daniel Wright
ironmanoikodome.org

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